Erythroecia
Encyclopedia
Erythroecia was a genus
of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family, it is now considered a synonym of Psectrotarsia
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family, it is now considered a synonym of Psectrotarsia
Psectrotarsia
Psectrotarsia is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.-Species:* Psectrotarsia euposis * Psectrotarsia flava Dognin, 1907* Psectrotarsia hebardi * Psectrotarsia rhodophora...
Former species
- Psectrotarsia hebardiPsectrotarsia hebardiPsectrotarsia hebardi is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in northern New Jersey, southern Ohio, and western Virginia.The wingspan is 29–33 mm. Adults are on wing from August to September....
Skinner, 1917 - Psectrotarsia suavisPsectrotarsia suavisPsectrotarsia suavis is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from south-western South Dakota, extreme north-eastern and western Nebraska, northern and south-western Kansas, eastern Colorado, New Mexico east of the Rocky Mountains, southern Arizona, and the panhandles of Oklahoma...
(H. Edwards, 1884)